Amazon Sees Surge in Sales Following Acquisition of Whole Foods

Although AWS has continued to be a massive profit driver, accounting for almost 10% of total revenue in Q3, sales growth for the cloud service actually slowed down for the eighth straight quarter.

Profit for the quarter was $256 million, up slightly from $252 million a year ago while revenue jumped 34 percent to $43.7 billion for the company which has grown from its online retail roots to cloud computing, streaming video, artificial intelligence and more.

Outside of the actual profit and sales results, investors should focus on AWS growth, Prime growth, and a probably update on the contribution from this year's Whole Foods acquisition. Management had guided for third-quarter operating income to be between a loss of $400 million and a gain of $300 million. This quarter it had revenue $4.58 billion.

Karen Short, an analyst who follows Amazon for Barclays, has been keeping close tabs on changes in Whole Foods stores since the merger, "given the widespread concern that food retail will be 'Amazon'ed, '" she writes in her most recent report. EBay comes in second at 6.8% market share, while Apple and Walmart are tied at 3.6%. Meanwhile, Amazon's worldwide e-commerce business fared even worse, losing $936 million during the quarter. Last quarter, AWS sales surged 42% to $4.1 billion, while operating income in that segment was up 28% $916 million.

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